James Bell (New Hampshire)

James Bell (13 November 1804-26 May 1857) was a US Senator from New Hampshire (R) from 30 July 1855 to 26 May 1857, succeeding John S. Wells and preceding Daniel Clark.

Biography
James Bell was born in Francestown, New Hampshire in 1804, and he became a lawyer in Gilmanton in 1825. He served in the state legislature and made unsuccessful gubernatorial bids in 1854 and 1855, but he was appointed to the US Senate in 1855 to fill John S. Wells' vacant seat. Bell himself died in office in 1857.